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subreptary

adjective
sub·​rep·​ta·​ry | \ ¦sə¦breptÉ™rÄ“\

Definition of subreptary

: adapted primarily to crawling a mollusk with a broad subreptary foot

History and Etymology for subreptary

Latin subreptus (past participle of subrepere to creep under, crawl, from sub- + repere to creep) + English -ary

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